That still puts “Deathly Hallows” in third place for the record of midnight debuts, with “Twilight: Eclipse” and “Twilight: New Moon” holding the top two spots with $30 million and $26.3 million, respectively.

The seventh film chronicles wizarding friends Harry, Ron, and Hermione as they battle through seemingly impossible odds to destroy Horcruxes, relics left by Lord Voldemort that contain fragments of his soul. Without first destroying this fragments, Voldemort cannot be defeated.